Life itself is the most wonderful Fairytale -: Hans Christian Anderson Paperback Journal 120 pg Notebook

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I hope I never buy myself into believing I have a set “ destination “, a place where I no longer grow and learn, a final place where in this life where it will be so perfect that I would give up the journey. A journey that allows me to grow, stretch, or change. To me, the beauty of any “destination” that you land at is only a stepping stone to another destination. With it being a stepping stone to your next destination, it means you are given another path where you can grow, change, meet new people, and transform into the person you’re suppose to be. Thus, several Hans Christian Andersen quotes try to remind readers that imagination is important, even more so than rationality. Here’s a perfect example: “When the bird of the heart begins to sing, too often will reason stop up her ears”. Everything’s a Miracle Just living is not enough’, said the butterfly, ‘one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.’ Wow!! ITS 2018 ALREADY!! and not even that, its already almost March. I can’t believe how fast time is flying by!!! This is insane. Im so excited for this blog post because taking pictures and editing them on my phone is honestly one of my favorite things to do. In this post, I’m gonna explain step by step how I edit my pictures. So, lets go!!!!!

I thought this one was much too long, featured too many religious overtones, and was ultimately quite unmemorable. Overshadowed by many, much better, stories. Designed by landscape architects, the "Magic Garden" is embedded in the cityscape of Odense and is meant to function as a publicspace. Colors, differentplantsand fragrances are intended to create "conflict between harmony and chaos." Places flooded with light are interjectedwith bizarre-lookingtrees or hedges trimmed to have sharp corners.Here, thebeautiful co-exists with the uncanny —just like in Andersen's fairy tales. A glimpse of the magic garden Image: Kengo Kuma & Associates in a classical non-dysfunctional manner, so itis no surprise that she is a lovely human being. More than So I've decided I'm not as big a fan of Andersen's stories that feature inanimate objects as primary characters as much as I am the others. This one I found rather ho-hum. Though it is amusingly self-deprecating.

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This was the last story Hans Christian Andersen ever wrote. Andersen suffered from toothaches his entire life (19th-century European dentistry not being what it is today), and here he has his protagonist, a poet, receives a visit from the titular Auntie Toothache, who promises pain unless the poet should give up writing - forever. I have rarely felt such ambivalence towards an author. These fairy stories are probably by the only author for whom my personal rating of works varies between one and five stars. He is an extraordinary writer, but I cannot say that I have enjoyed very many of his tales; many of them I have had to steel myself to read. It will certainly be a while before I read another big book of fairy stories, after ploughing through two collections of "Tales from the Arabian Nights" and now this one. The stories vary in standard and taste so much, that I have given this volume my default rating of three stars. And because of this, I have felt it necessary to review nearly all—(in fact thirty-five)—of the stories in this collection separately, whenever they have been published as individual books. Please see my shelves for links, if you wish to read my review of a particular story. Many of his stories wereconverted into plays,filmedor made into musicals,and even inspiredpopular animated pictureslike Ariel.Andersen's fairy tales are part of world literature today. Hans Christian Andersen in 1860 Image: picture-alliance/Glasshouse Images The museum aims to present Andersen's life in a completely new way and toenable visitors to have a sensory experience ofhis world. Landscape,architectureand modern exhibition designareclosely interwoven. The museum wasdesigned by the Japanese star architectKengoKuma and his team, which also created the new Olympic stadium in Tokyo. Spread over 5,000 square meters, the brightly lit museum, which is built to merge into its surroundings, invites visitors to dive into Andersen's world. Two-thirds of the museum are underground and above it is a fairy-tale garden. Architecture merges with nature at H.C. Anderson House Image: Kengo Kuma & Associates, Cornelius Vöge, MASU Planning

Inspired by the swallow in Thumbelina,VeronicaHodges has created a fantastic paper installation. Another installation artist, Brazilian Henrique Oliveira placed a massive tree installation in Odense, inspired by The Tinder Box.The artist and the short film director Timothy David Ormehascreated an animated journey into Andersen's fantasy world. Cutouts, light and shadow, a spiral staircase Image: Kengo Kuma & Associates Another Andersen classic, "Thumbelina" is a delightful tale and at times a bit scary. Inspired by the folktale "Tom Thumb", this one concerns a little thumb-sized lady and her adventures out in the big wide world. You'll never look at moles the same way!When he was seven years of age, Hans Christian Andersen's official father was paid to serve in the Napoleonic wars, in place of a local landowner. He returned four years later, a broken man, and died in the Spring. Hans's mother was now destitute, with few choices as she was illiterate, so she took in washing, standing waist deep for hours in the icy river, trying to stay warm by taking nips of schnapps. Two years later she married another shoemaker, who took no interest in the young Hans. But now, O Lord, you are our Father, we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.” Hans Christian Andersen's tales seem to have universal appeal, no matter what language they are read in. His stories express themes that transcend age and nationality—often presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity. They are written in a very chatty intimate style, which won him no favours from his original literary critics, who considered this tone inappropriate. But once he found his voice, he found he could not stop writing them, saying, "They forced themselves from me". A friend once expostulated, "You're capable of writing about anything - even a darning needle!" And sure enough, the author rose to the challenge, in his story entitled "The Darning Needle". The stories are clearly cathartic, but also full of beauty, tragedy, nature, religion, artfulness, deception, betrayal, love, death, judgement and penance. And—very occasionally—one has a happy ending.

U naslanjajućem iskazu - vratimo se pismu Ingemanu - Andersen ne samo da eksplicira vlastitu intencioznost, nego ujedno pruža ekstrakt onoga čime bi se mogao obuhvatiti Klasik književnosti (za decu): istovremena prijemčivost i izazovnost narativa svestima na različitim razinama. I plitka i duboka voda istodobno, ovisno o verziranosti i dohvatima plivača! Neporecivo je, razume se, da Andersen jeste u jatu onih koji "uranjaju" dva plivača jednim udarcem. Zato bi se najrađe i dalo zbrisati ono u zagradi dopisano pored Klasika, jer je sobom protivrečno! Another classic, albeit one I wasn't too familiar with. This one is also based on a classic European folktale, and it's got all the famous elements we see in other tales like Cinderella. Evil stepmother, a bit of magic, and the transformative power of love. Hans Christian Andersen seems to have had a privileged position with this family. Rather than play with the other poor children, he was allowed to play with Prince Christian Frederik's son, Prince Fritz, who was three years younger than him. When this prince later died, Hans Christian Andersen was the only person, not in the family, who was allowed to view the body privately. Il ritmo di lettura serrato in quest’occasione non ha certo giovato ad un lavoro del genere, ma non è nemmeno andato ad incidere particolarmente su quella che comunque sarebbe stata la mia valutazione finale. Sono ben 156 i titoli all’interno del volume, eppure non mi sento così “arricchito” dopo l’esperienza. Ammetto che il mio approccio non è stato il medesimo con tutte quante le storie, le più blasonate diciamo, avevano da parte mia un occhio di riguardo in più… ma anche un’aspettativa maggiore. Per le altre è stato diverso, godevano del beneficio del dubbio ma pagavano lo scotto di essere in mezzo a tante altre che avrei dovuto leggere in un lasso di tempo così breve (per via di una gara di lettura e di una mia decisione non troppo azzeccata Corinthians 12:9 ” But he said to me,”My grace is sufficient to you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weakness, so that Christ power can rest on me.”

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Beautiful, uncorrupted nature versus the corrupt hustle and bustle of the city. Andersen as environmentalist, perhaps? Hans Christian Andersen may have been the illegitimate son of Crown Prince Christian Frederik, later Christian VIII, and the teenage countess Elise Ahlefeldt-Laurvig. He was born in 1805 at Broholm Castle near Odense. Both Hans Christian Andersen's official parents worked at the castle, his "mother" as a nursemaid, and his "father", a cobbler for the family. There had also been a precedent for an illegitimate daughter (Fanny) to have been adopted by another servant of the Royal family a year earlier.

Every town, like every man, has its own countenance; they have a common likeness and yet are different; one keeps in his mind all their peculiar touches. Another of his preoccupations was to try out new places. He had a wanderlust, and an urge to flee from what he considered to be provincial life. There are echoes of this in his works. In "Five Peas in the Same Pod" all the peas are happy until one needs to explore the world outside. In "The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep", the couple brave all kinds of adventures, in search of something better. There are many instances of someone "trying out their wings". Hans Christian Andersen himself travelled relentlessly, but had a morbid fear of death. Wherever he laid his head, there next to him was a coil of rope which he took everywhere with him, and a handwritten notice, saying, "I only seem dead". He was obsessed with the thought that he might lapse into a coma, and be buried before he could come round. In fact he kept this strange morbid dread of being buried alive through to the very day he died.

Hans Christian Andersen once said, "Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale." And his life certainly was an extraordinary rags to riches story. Genesis 1:27 says ,” So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” After "The Little Mermaid", this is likely my favorite of Andersen's stories, and after "The Little Mermaid" it's also probably his most famous. You all know the story, no need for me to recap it here, but I was surprised to learn that the little boy's famous cry at the end of "But he doesn't have anything on!" was hastily added by Andersen after the story had already been sent off to the printer's. This is a satire as excellent and brilliant today, in the age of Trump, as ever. Andersen is probably best known today for “The Little Mermaid,” usually in the sense that children who have seen the Disney film often hear, from their friends, something to the effect of, “Did you know that she actually dies in the end.” Andersen stories, more than any other traditional fairy tales, are filled with pathos and sadness, and end badly for their protagonists. Andersen had an unhappy childhood. His father died when he was only 11 years old, which forced him to quit school and start working. Although his mother was very kind, she was an alcoholic. Perhaps all of this encouraged him to become an avid reader, especially of Shakespeare’s work.